Venture capital and private equity deals made in China reached a record high in the first 11 months of 2014, benefiting from the rising number of startup companies and the restructuring of State-owned enterprises, according to a report.
Technology firms have led the charge in initial public offerings around the globe in 2014, and the world's two largest economies continue to be the driving forces behind the trend, according to experts.
Driving around Hangzhou Bay New Zone, with its large areas of factory facilities, high-rise office buildings and residential properties dotted among a network of far-stretching highways, it is hard to imagine that just a few years ago this was little more than a foreshore that drew scant outside attention.
The pace of internationalization of the yuan has picked considerably amid China's efforts to remove potential risks from capital account liberalization.
Though weak global cues may dampen China's trade prospects in 2015, it will still maintain a healthy pace as the recent bilateral and regional trade initiatives will start bearing fruit and support the "new normal" of slower trade growth in the country, experts said.
In an upmarket Beijing cafe, Gong Jiayi sips her flat white coffee and enthusiastically runs through the highlights of her latest holiday to Japan.
Nothing scares the United States, European and Chinese economic policymakers more than "Japanization".
A superhero, a witch and a giant apple walk into a bar. It is Halloween in the city of Shenyang, and the trio of costumed revelers joins a table of strangely attired friends knocking back beers and cocktails.
CapitaLand Ltd, one of Asia's largest real estate companies, plans to add four integrated development projects in China each year in the coming three years, the company's top management said.
Investment in fixed assets - roads, buildings, machinery and other infrastructure - has powered China's economy for the last two decades.
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